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Jan 09, 2014
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The last one of John Green's books for me to read. I cannot decide if I liked it better than Looking for Alaska or not, but I think it is one of the top two for me. Possibly because no one dies. Or possibly because it's about leaving, with which I am so familiar.
Update: I've also realized this story is so poignant because it's about learning that not everything is a Hollywood ending, and that a lot of life is about how you get where you're going, instead of just getting where you're going. And a ...more
Update: I've also realized this story is so poignant because it's about learning that not everything is a Hollywood ending, and that a lot of life is about how you get where you're going, instead of just getting where you're going. And a ...more
This book really irritated me. I adored The Fault in Our Stars but this just left me angry. I hated all of the characters except the magical black best friend. The girl was terrible and a vandal who abandons her sister, the boy was a total whiner, and his best friend is a total creep. It won an Edgar and I loved TFIOS, so I hoped there’d be the emotional payoff, but sadly, it didn’t happen.
Very disappointed...it's the first time I didn't love a John Green book. I really had to force myself to finish it...it took months, which for me is extremely rare. I just didn't care about any of the characters, especially the central Margo, who was clearly a narcissistic attention whore. It just didn't do it for me.
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Quentin has been in love with the idea of his neighbor, Margo Roth Spiegelman, for years, so he's pretty thrilled when she crawls through his window dressed like a ninja and takes him on an adventure. I have such mixed thoughts about this book. I liked Q, and I liked the scenes where he was alone. I hated his friends. I was initially annoyed with how Margo was treated as a Manic Pixie Dream Girl, and then loved how that got twisted to show how damaging that trope really is. I loathed how several
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The first John Green novel I read was Fault in our Stars, which I absolutely Loved! So the bar was set pretty high. I liked the concept of Paper Towns... or at least what I felt to be the main message: that we create images of others without truly seeing or hearing them and so rarely do we give the time to truly Know someone. But in execution... eh.
3 stars because I really enjoyed the relationship between Q and his two "bros". It seemed authentic and uncomplicated. Just guys being loyal guys. : ...more
3 stars because I really enjoyed the relationship between Q and his two "bros". It seemed authentic and uncomplicated. Just guys being loyal guys. : ...more
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My first John Green, and I totally understand his popularity with the teen audience. His character's voices are authentic, and the issues they are dealing with real without being overdone and trite. This book certainly kept me guessing until the end and I appreciated that it was a teen novel about travel that did not reference Kerouac, Whitman was a much better choice.
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I don't know about this one. Very full of teen wanderlust and questions. All those deep thoughts you just don't have time for any more. I liked it, but I didn't get as into it as I thought I should.
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Much good.
May 12, 2015
Jeanne Bufkin
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Jillian
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